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Farewell to the ByWard Fruit Market, and hello to Hard 2 Find, Hard 2 Get!
By Nadia Stuewer Owners Isaac and Miriam Farbiasz are sad to be closing the ByWard Fruit Market this spring, after 26 years of purveying fresh produce and gourmet foods to residents of the ByWard Market, Lowertown, and beyond. Their customers are sad to see them go too. Isaac and Miriam bought the fruit market…